A raver spent £6k putting on a festival for 200 people in his parents' back garden - complete with a party bus and chocolate waterfall.<br /><br />Jack Hodgson, 23, decided to throw "the mother of all festivals" to celebrate the end of the pandemic - after missing out on socialising with his friends due to covid restrictions.<br /><br />He persuaded his parents - Rosie, 53, and Stewart Hodgson, 54 - to host the gathering in their two-and-a-half acre back garden at the family home in Darlington, County Durham.<br /><br />Jack and a team of mates set about throwing a party before the idea escalated and they started organising a one-day music festival - which they named 'Rush'.<br /><br />Jack started organising it in January 2021 - with the main event taking place in August 2021.<br /><br />He managed to secure a collaboration with record label After Hours who were DJing and sold t-shirts for £20 to cover the cost of the event - with 200 people turning up to let their hair down.<br /><br />After the success of the festival, Jack said the plan is to hold the festival annually to see where it can go.<br /><br />Jack, a video creator, from Darlington, County Durham, said: "In lockdown, I didn't see my friends for a long time because my parents were deemed high risk as they both had a kidney transplant a few years ago.<br /><br />"My mum, Rosie, gave my dad, Stewart, a kidney.<br /><br />“We had some old stables at the bottom of the garden, I had friends round and we thought we could do something there.<br /><br />“I wanted everyone to have a good time after covid, it had been a pretty sh*t time and the goal was for everyone to have the best time possible – we just went above and beyond."
